It appears to be February already. A quiet time at Protea Farm with only sporadic guests, so time for more reorganising of grounds and minor repairs to the cottages. Ness is digging up the over large roundabout type arrangement at the top of the driveway in preparation for the ( as not yet designed ) replacement.
Australia Day was a January highlight, with the obligatory barbecue and beer drinking with friends, made more fun by the arrival of Jules & Vanessa for a break from Sydney....seen here enjoying pear cosmopolitan cocktails ( of which too many were imbibed).
The girls helped us with our annual vaccination of the sheep and alpacas-a very interesting project with 4 small animal specialists attempting to round up and catch unfamiliar species. How many feline medicine professors does it take to vaccinate an alpaca? ( answer, surprisingly only two).
Garden produce in abundance, so veg boxes are now being provided to the Farmer's Pantry as well as being used at home.
Below the girls proudly displaying the harvest before cooking a splendid ratatouille to complement Ormiston pork belly- an exceptionally low food miles meal.
The post Christmas tennis competition started this week, and I have been promoted into the ladies' Division 1 ( probably due to heart attacks and hip replacements rather than merit). These women can play the game with terrifying speed and accuracy, leaving me flapping about waving my racket at a ball that has long since zipped past. I can see relegation on the horizon already!
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